Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 166

Zhang Yuanjun is fine, and he will be fine after two days of rest.

But seeing a doctor in the United States is really expensive!

During the two days of rest, Zhang Yuanjun has been summarizing the results of his 6-day retreat. At first, he thought he was confident that he could survive. Later, due to the cramped environment and lack of food, he began to experience discomfort in his body, which affected his mentality. After lying to Rodrigo, he thought he had regained his new life, and then he was thrown to the ground fiercely, giving hope and then shattering the hopelessness...

All kinds of complicated feelings flashed repeatedly in Zhang Yuanjun's mind, and he had to deeply understand this feeling.

When director Rodrigo and screenwriter Chris came to see him, they both bluntly said that they were terrified by him: "If you have any accidents, I can't take responsibility." They also joked, "Fortunately, no residents reported our illegal imprisonment, otherwise we would The crew is in big trouble."

"Zhang, are you ok?"

"I'm very ok." Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile, "I will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, and we will start the machine on time in the morning."

"Don't you need to rest for a few more days?"

"No, I feel very good now, and I can't wait to turn it on." Zhang Yuanjun said.

"Okay, tomorrow we will start on time."

The next day, accompanied by his assistant Xiao Zhao, Zhang Yuanjun came to the studio.

On the day of the launch, the other three major investors of "Buried Alive", China Film, Huayi and Summit Entertainment, all sent relevant representatives to come.

A vice president of production came from China Film Group, the representative of Summit Entertainment was an entrusted independent producer, and Wang Zhonglei from Huayi actually came in person.

They also brought domestic reporters to film and report.

If you think about it, you can understand that Huayi needs to stir up Hollywood stories.

"Huayi has always insisted on walking on two legs at home and abroad, and supporting new forces is what we have been doing." Wang Zhonglei was bragging to reporters, "Although Zhang Yuanjun is not an artist of our Huayi, we are very optimistic about his development, so he If we want to go to Hollywood, we will definitely do our best to support it."

"Investing in "Buried Alive" is an important step for Huayi to go to Hollywood. The film will be released next year, and Huayi will definitely do a good job in escorting the distribution."

"Hua Yi will continue to invest overseas in the future. We plan to invest in 10 Hollywood films this year and next, and prepare to build Hua Yi's global distribution system."

"Our goal must not only be in the country, we want to become a company like Universal and Disney."

Bragging, it must be blowing up!
When it was Zhang Yuanjun's turn, he was not as good at bragging as Wang Zhonglei.

"The cost of the film is not high, and the preparatory work has been done well, so it should be shot quickly."

"You can play the leading role in a Hollywood movie before you graduate. What special feeling do you have?"

"I don't have any special feelings, so I just shoot like this."

The reporter is dying, how can you answer the question like this.

"Then what do you think is the biggest difference between making movies in China and making movies in the United States?"

"The difference is that one is shot in Chinese and the other in English."

Didn't it mean that Zhang Yuanjun's interview was easy to do, why is it so difficult to serve today.

Seeing the strangeness of the reporter, Zhang Yuanjun smiled: "Just kidding, actually I don't know, it hasn't turned on yet."

"It's okay." The reporter smiled.

At the end of the interview, the staff guided the media to exit, and in the studio, director Rodrigo Cortez officially started the machine.

Zhang Yuanjun is lying in a special coffin, directly above is a camera.

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The 59th Cannes International Film Festival will open on the 18th of this month.

The chairman of the jury for the main competition unit this year is Wang Jiawei, and Zhang Ziyi is also on the judging panel for the main competition unit.

This year's Cannes main competition unit did not have any films shortlisted by China Entertainment Entertainment, but it is not uncommon for China Entertainment Filmmakers to appear.

Du Qifeng took Gu Tianlei and Ren Dahua to promote "Underworld 2". Last year, the first film was shortlisted for the main competition. This year, he could only watch it, and the treatment in Cannes was not very high.

Donnie Yen brought his wife and sister to Cannes to promote the upcoming "Dragon Tiger Gate".

However, there are two new faces coming to Cannes this year.

Xu Ke brought "Animal World" to Cannes to invest and sell the copyright.

Summit Entertainment also brought "Buried Alive" to Cannes to discuss distribution and sale of rights.

The current investment gap for "Animal World" is actually not that big. Selling the copyrights of several countries and regions in the trading market can basically fulfill the purpose of raising funds for this trip.

What "Animal World" really wants to do is to publicize and make a name for itself.

So Xu Ke was not brought by anyone else, so he brought the Venice actor Xia Yu alone - and the budget of the crew was also limited.

The purpose of "Buried Alive" is also here, the filming has already started, and it will be famous first.

In fact, "Buried Alive" didn't need to spend much time promoting it. The movie attracted wide attention as soon as it landed on the trading market.

Now that the Iraq war is in full swing, the global anti-war sentiment is on the rise.

Films like "Buried Alive" naturally attracted the attention of producers in the trading market.

And the novelty of "Buried Alive" is that it is not a military film, and the filmmakers will decide whether to buy it or not, but they will be attracted to talk about it to some extent.

"Buried Alive" suffers because it's not a military action movie, it's about war, and everyone likes to watch gunfights against airplanes and cannons.

What's the point of being buried alone in the desert?
And you don't even have a trailer or a promotional video, so you just bring a poster and a story outline, how can it sell well?

Therefore, in the trading market, "Buried Alive" has received a lot of attention, and there are many inquiries, but there are not many transactions.

In contrast, "Animal World" sold better.

Not to mention Europe and the United States, Xu Ke has a good reputation in Asia, and filmmakers from Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand have come to the small office of "Animal World" to inquire.

The original work of "Animal World" is in Japan, and Japanese filmmakers are also most interested in the film.

On the fifth day of the film festival, Kadokawa Pictures bought out the Japanese copyright of "Animal World" at a price of 130 million US dollars.

The Korean market is not as big as Japan's, but Xu Ke still negotiated a good price of US$52 with CJ.

New, Malaysia and Thailand sold a total of 61.3 U.S. dollars - when it comes to half-buy, half-free, sign the contract quickly.

European and American markets don't like "Animal World", and Xu Ke didn't expect to be able to sell this film to Europe and the United States.

European and American film producers have dated or not played three poles. It is very fresh to see this kind of card game, so come and ask.

In the end, Warner bought all the copyrights of "Animal World" in Europe, America and Africa at a price of US$175 million.

The crew of "Animal World" completed the task ahead of time and exceeded the schedule. Xu Ke suddenly felt that the filmmakers were not blind. "Animal World" sold well. Does it mean that this film has something to watch and sell?

Maybe I can really turn around with this film.

"Buried Alive" didn't sell well. It wasn't until the end of the film festival and the closing of the trading market that the copyrights in 20 countries and regions were sold. However, the global distribution was well discussed—who wouldn't want to release a film if it was released.

"Underworld 2" is more general, and the era of gangster movies has really passed.

As an action film, "Dragon Tiger Gate" has always been favored overseas and returned with a full load.

The most surprising and even frightening thing in this year's Cannes is that the jury led by Wang Jiawei awarded five Best Actors and six Best Actresses!

Public opinion in the international film industry exploded immediately.

What is this guy wearing sunglasses doing! ! !

(End of this chapter)